Holiday activity schemes for autistic children and young people
2025 round
The next round will open for applications on Monday 3rd February.
The deadline for applications is 6pm on Friday 28th February 2025. Grant decisions will be communicated week commencing 24th March 2025.
This scheme provides grants of up to £15,000 to activity schemes for autistic children and young people, and their siblings, which run in the school holidays. Grants are usually for part of the costs.
This programme is for:
- Autistic-specific activity programmes that run in the school holidays in the UK (including sessions for siblings).
Or:
- The costs to include autistic children and young people who require one-to-one or greater support to take part in other play and activity schemes. The grant request must only be for costs associated for autistic children to take part.
To apply you will need to meet these conditions:
- Be a not-for-profit organisation.
- Have a safeguarding policy (what we expect on safeguarding).
- Use professionally trained staff and volunteers (not parents/guardians):
For all activity schemes, staff/volunteers must have specific training on providing one-to-one support for autistic children (we will ask for details). - Have a bank account with two people to authorise or check on payments.
Priorities for funding will be given to autistic-specific schemes.